Home and Property

Better Homes and Gardens: Homeowners Insurance - Offers several articles relating to insurance for homeowners and renters.
www.bhg.com/home/Homeowners-Insurance.html

Contents-Insurance.info - Provides information and advice for UK residents concerning household contents insurance. Includes glossary and answers to many questions.
contents-insurance.info/

Disaster Prepared/Aftermath Forum - Educating, protecting, informing insurance policyholders of their property rights and authority, some of which are unknowingly being taken away. Includes bulletin board open to the public.
www.disasterprepared.net/

FCIC: Twelve Ways to Save Money On Your Homeowners Insurance - From the US Federal Citizen Information Center, by the Insurance Information Institute. Topics include shopping around, improving your home safety, and types of discounts which may be available.
www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/housing/12ways/12ways.htm

FloodSmart.gov - Information about floods, risk of financial loss due to flooding and flood insurance. Sponsored by the National Flood Insurance Program, a program of FEMA.
www.floodsmart.gov/

HUD: Testing for Discrimination in Home Insurance - From the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. Describes a study performed in Phoenix and New York concerning how insurance agents treat homebuyers in white and minority neighborhoods.
www.huduser.org/publications/fairhsg/homeown/discrim.html

National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) - The Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration (FIMA) manages the NFIP. The program provides flood insurance in more than 20,000 communities across the United States. Offers information for both consumers and insurance professionals.
www.fema.gov/business/nfip/

Renters Insurance FAQ - About.com - A simple FAQ on renters insurance, including what it covers, the benefits, and types of coverage.
apartments.about.com/od/rentersinsurance/a/renters_insure.htm

ACES: Homeowner's Insurance - Comprehensive, consumer-oriented article. It includes sections on why and how much, property value, coverage, and a table of peril types. Prepared by the Alabama Cooperative Extension System. <small>(May, 1991)</small>
www.aces.edu/pubs/docs/H/HE-0665/